Provincial News

WINNIPEG — Starting the season 2-0 should have the Winnipeg Blue Bombers feeling pretty good, but that’s not the case with the back-to-back Grey Cup champions.

REGINA — The head of a sexual assault centre is condemning comments made by a Saskatchewan judge, saying he wouldn't have used the same language if the complainants were men.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge has ruled the province failed to properly consult First Nations communities on part of a planned flood-prevention project.

WINNIPEG — Louise recalls how physical violence between her mother and father would escalate to the point where police were called to the family's homes in Winnipeg and in the First Nations community where they lived for some of her childhood.

WINNIPEG — A statue of Queen Victoria that was toppled and beheaded by protesters last year outside the Manitoba legislature is beyond repair and will not be restored.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson has tested positive for COVID-19. Stefanson has posted on social media that she is experiencing minor symptoms and is working from home while self-isolating.

REGINA — On the longest day of the year, communities across Canada embraced National Indigenous People's Day by celebrating the contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.

WINNIPEG — Investigations are underway into allegations of abuse by two health-care aides involving more than a dozen residents at a personal care home.

WINNIPEG — Remains found in a landfill have been identified as those of Rebecca Contois, a 24-year-old Indigenous woman, police said Tuesday.

RED EARTH CREE NATION — RCMP have suspended their aerial and boat search for a missing five-year-old boy in northern Saskatchewan after more than two months. Frank Young went missing on the Red Earth Cree Nation on April 19.